{"id":18786,"date":"2020-08-07T14:59:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T21:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=18786"},"modified":"2020-08-07T13:46:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T20:46:18","slug":"congressman-urges-doj-to-investigate-disturbing-trend-of-attacks-on-churches-across-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/congressman-urges-doj-to-investigate-disturbing-trend-of-attacks-on-churches-across-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman urges DOJ to investigate ‘disturbing trend’ of attacks on churches across the country"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carlos Garcia<\/a> – August 6, 2020<\/p>\n

A congressman urged the Department of Justice to investigate what he called a “disturbing trend” of attacks and vandalism on churches across the nation.<\/p>\n

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) made the request in a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday after a rash of attacks on Catholic churches in his district.<\/p>\n

“Since June, there have been nearly a dozen reported attacks on Catholic churches around the nation. These disturbing attacks range from arson to the beheading of a statue of the Virgin Mary,” wrote<\/a> Fleischmann, who is Catholic.<\/a><\/p>\n

“I find these attacks to be a disturbing trend, happening in multiple areas across the nation, including within my own congressional district,” he added.<\/p>\n

“In times of uncertainty we naturally turn to religion for comfort and peace, something many Americans are seeking as we combat COVID-19, but these attacks add another level of distress for many across our nation,” Fleischmann continued.<\/p>\n

“I commend the Department of Justice’s commitment,” he concluded, “under your leadership, to combating religious discrimination and I look forward to our continued work together to uphold and protect religious freedom in the United States.”<\/p>\n

Churches have been targeted for looting and arson across the United States in recent months<\/a>. Some of the attacks have been a part of the rioting stemming from the protests over the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody in late May.<\/p>\n

Some of the rioting focused on statues meant to honor saints of the Catholic church. In San Francisco, California, a group of around 100 rioters toppled a statue of Catholic missionary St. Junipero Serra, despite historic evidence <\/a>that he defended the rights of Native Americans.<\/p>\n

In another recent case of vandalism against a church, someone wrote racist threats<\/a> on the air conditioning unit of the Murph-Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in North Highlands, California.<\/p>\n

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